Someone asked me the role played by television in cultivating my interest in classical music that culminated in my Phd on Mahler. Might seem a ludicrous question to ask now seeing as free to air TV is wall to wall survivor this, survivor that... Read MorePost a comment

Simon Comber has written a wonderful song called ?The Jaws of Life? on his new album ?Endearance? (plug plug, out soon I think) so I thought I?d take a shot at the subject as well (while we've been on the subject of demonising the... Read MorePost a comment

This is quite old (1994) but worth a read. The author doesn't seem to have been active in recent times as far as I can tell with a brief search this morning. In spite of its age it seems relevant still.http://race.eserver.org/misogyny.html

I thought I?d turn something of yesterday?s lecture into a blog. For first-year song writing we were looking at some tracks from Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters? latest album ?Marvellous Year?. It spawned a good discussion on the validity of... Read MorePost a comment